Friday 10/9: Jarrett Neal celebrates the release of his essay collection, What Color Is Your Hoodie? Women & Children First, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday 10/10: Greg Gerke (My Brooklyn Writer Friend), James Tadd Adcox (Does Not Love), and Megan Kirby share their work at City Lit Books, 5 p.m.
Tuesday 10/13: Cartoonist Glenn Head presents his new graphic novel, Chicago. Quimby’s Bookstore, 7 p.m.
Curbside Splendor Publishing senior editor Jacob S. Knabb introduces authors Erika T. Wurth (Crazy Horse’s Girlfriend), W. Todd Kaneko (The Dead Wrestler Elegies), and Dasha Kelly (Almost Crimson). Poetry Foundation, 7 p.m.
Wednesday 10/14: Harold Washington Library welcomes Grant Park author Leonard Pitts Jr. Cindy Pritzker Auditorium, 6 p.m.
City Lit Books hosts Joe Meno (Marvel and a Wonder), Nina Revoyr (Lost Canyon), andPatrick Wensink (Fake Fruit Factory) in honor of their recent releases. 6:30 p.m.
Jude Stewart launches Patternalia: An Unconventional History of Polka Dots, Stripes, Plaid, Camouflage, & Other Graphic Patterns. The Book Cellar, 7 p.m.
Prizewinning Irish poet Paul Muldoon reads from One Thousand Things Worth Knowing for Poetry off the Shelf. Poetry Foundation, 7 p.m.
Thursday 10/15: Donna Seaman, Eric Charles May, and Amy Giacalone join Audrey Niffenegger, who recently edited, illustrated, and introduced Ghostly: A Collection of Ghost Stories. City Lit Books, 6:30 p.m.
J. Ryan Stradal introduces his first novel, Kitchens of the Great Midwest. The Book Cellar, 7 p.m.
Eileen Pollack questions Why Science Is Still a Boys’ Club at Women & Children First, 7:30 p.m.
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